'Although many aspects of China's SDI are controversial, it is undeniable
that the programs were hugely effective in limiting China's population
growth. "During the 1990's China achieved a below-replacement fertility
rate...in 1992 China's total fertility rate has been about 1.8" (Winkler,
383). Having dropped from a national average fertility rate of over nearly 8
children-per-woman in 1965 (Smil, 20), the decline in fertility has transformed
the country. However, as in any country, China's population will need constant
supervision for as long as the country exists. Populations are not a set
resource: they constantly change. As both China's fertility rate and its need
for labor resources constantly adjust, it will have to carefully modify its
birth planning policies, year by year. "The first two parts [of the 2001 law]
assert the need to continue to limit population growth" (Winckler, 90). China
has brought its population under control with unprecedented success and speed,
but no country can ever completely or permanently solve its "population
problems".' (http://economics.about.cmoffattentries/a/birth_plan_2.htm)
What are the implications of infanticide of females in preference to
males?